The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-30 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (From the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, March 15. The accounts of the raid of General Sherman through the State of Mississippi have been pub lished this morning,—the one derived from General Sherman himself and the newspaper correspondents who accompanied the expedition; and the other from General Polk, the Confederate officer, who opposed and claims to have defeated his objects. Taking the Federal accounts, though highly coloured and obvi. ously intended to make the best of a bad business, to be substantially true, it will be found that the re sults achieved have been enormously dispropor tioned to the agencies employed. General Sherman with upwards of 24,000 men under his immediate command, aided by a cavalry force of 8,000 men, under the command of General Smith, traversed about 150 miles of sparsely settled territory, de- stroyed everything that came in their way, pulled up the rails, and destroyed the railway stations and locomotives and carriages, broke down the bridges, set fire to barns, mills, private dwellings and stores; destroyed at least six towns and villages, which had populations, black and white, of between 300 and 1,000 souls each; and having reached the vil. lage of Meridian, of which he scarcely left a brick or a beam standing, retraced his steps to Vicks burg, unable to proceed farther on account of the failure of General Smith's cavalry to render them the aid expected. He captured 800 mules and about 300 Confederate soldiers, besides upwards of 3,000 negroes, mostly women and children. He claims to have virtually succeeded in his object, which was to destroy the railway of Central Mississippi; but if nothing more was intended, the civilised world may well ask if it be civilised warfare to employ such tremendous agencies for results so worthless in a military point of view, and tending to nothing so much as the infliction of unnecessary cruelty and the exasperation of an enemy whom it has left un subdued. But it appears that the real object was to reach and to hold Selma, on the Alabama river, a commanding position threatening Montgomery, vanish. He will be the Dictator, the Autocrat, and the Cce3ar of the new nation, and the American name will gain the lustre desired at the expense of the liberty and happiness of the American people. Gen. Fremont is ambitious, and may aspire to play this eminent part in the history of the world ; and if he do not play it, some else may, though not perhaps before a long series of intestine troubles stall have more thoroughly prepared the Americans to welcome the military master whom they already deserve, and whose seizure of supreme power they may at that day welcome as their best if not their only chance of deliverance from anarchy. The programme begins to be considered as that which the leading Republicans must ultimately adopt. It is obviously the one to which all their principles tend, and in which they must concen trate if they desire to perpetuate the ascendancy of their party. Bat as it requires a military man to effect such a revolution, it is likely that Mr. Lincoln, whose present unpopularity is ex cessive, and all other civilian candidates for the Presidency, will be set aside at the last moment, and that the name of. General Fremont may emerge from the discussions of the approaching Republican Convention as the nominee of his party. The only other generals of note in whom the Republicans have any present confidence are Banks and Butler. General Banks is, perhaps, ambitious, and he is certainly an abler man than General Fremont ; but his ideas on the question of slavery are not so thorough as the Doctrinaires and exterminators would wish, and for that reason he is not so likely as his rival to receive the support of the leaders of the party. Butler's private character and personal unpopularity—and the doubt whether, with all his talent and cleverness, he understands anything of military affairs, or has in him the stuff of which a great conqueror can be made, will keep him in the background. He has sufficient of the spirit of a despot to suit the place, but he lacks other qualifi. cations which Fremont possesses—the qualities of a gentlemanly bearing, a cosmopolitan education, and an extensive knowledge of ail that other and not unimportant portion of the world which is not included within the limits of the United States. And while the Republican party is gradually concentrating itself around Fremont as the man of their necessity, that large portion of the Democratic and State-rights party, which as yet sees no way to peace but by the vigorous prosecution of the war, is in like manner concentrating itself upon General M'Clellan. The Democratic party in this city is represented by three several organisations, which sometimes unite for local purposes of party spoil, which upon the war question appear to be hopelessly divided. The first and oldest, and parent source from which the other two proceeded, is the Tammany the State capital. But General Polk at the head of a Confederate army numbering less than 10,000 men tracked the heels of the raiders and compelled them to retreat, with what loss he does not state. The railways will be restored, the bridges will be rebuilt, most likely in time for the summer campaign, but the remembrance of the devastation will endure as long as a white man inhabits Mississippi or any other Southern State, and will form a bar, if there were nothing else, to prevent a fraternal union be tween the Southern and the Northern people. The Americans are very much in the habit, even in these reckless and extravagant times, of calculating the cost of everything they undertake. Might it not be useful, if not instructive, if they would reckon up the figures and ascertain if Gen. Sherman's raid did not cost the United States Treasury very much more than the amount of damage it inflicted upon the people of Mississippi ; and whether the expense of maintaining 3,000 negro women and children, or the shame of allowing them to die of disease and starvation in the camp, might not be added to the gloomy side of the account in the charge which his tory will some day bring against the Federal Government for this gigantic failure? Public opinion in this city has begun to pro nounce itself against this raid" as well as against that (equally flagitious and unproductive of any military result) which was conducted by Gen. Kil patrick against Richmond. Few persons are to be found who do not condemn them both as tending to degrade the Federal Government and its generals in the eyes of Europe, and as being worse than useless as military measures. But as these expeditions are be lieved to have been planned at Washington, people are willing to believe that with the appointment of Lieutenant-General Grant to the chief command, vice Hllleck, relieved at his own request, a new and better military era is about to commence. This, however, is not likely. Grant approved if he did not organise and suggest the raid of Gen. Sherman ; and notwithstanding that he was successful before Vicksburg and at Chattanooga there is as yet no sufficient evidence before the world to prove that he is in any respect a wiser statesman or a better gene ral than any who have gone before him, or that he is half so good as M‘Cleilan or Meade. But the Ame rican people are proverbially hopeful. They trust a new man before they have time to know or study him, and manufacture heroes out of rude material as deftly as a ship carpenter can manufacture a figure head. For the moment, however, Gen. Grant is the hope of the State. He is not known to be a politician, which is highly in his favour, and hes not taken the slightest trouble to put himself forward for the Presidency—another circumstance which makes him temporarily as much a favourite with the Republi cans as with the Democrats,both of w hom have other candidates in view better suited to their purposes. The friends of Gen. Fremont have established a weekly journal in this city, under the title of the New Nation, with the sole object of promoting his claims to the chief magistracy. Discarding the idea that the Union ever was a nation, they announce his policy and their own to be that of making it oue, and of welding in the fiery furnace of the war the crude mass of the States into a spick and span na tionality as homogenous as France. The object is worthy of the ambition of Northern statesmen, whether aspirants to the Presidency or not, and may possibly be accomplished after the independ ence of the South shall have been secured. It will, to all present appearance, be the sole means by which the now incongruous and ineohesive remnant of the Union can be held together, or by which such Middle States as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York can be firmly cemented in feeling and interest with New England and the West. The Fremont party specify six separate essentials for attaining this end :-Ist, absolute, complete, and immediate liberty without distinction of colour or race; 2,d, the absolute maintenance of the Monroe doctrine, as a guarantee of Republican liberty on the American Continent; 3d, an effective military organisation, and the appointment of generals for military, and not political reasons ; 4th, a diminu tion of the power of the Executive, and the greater responsibility of Cabinei: Ministers to Congress; sth, the renunciation by the States of all the con stitutional rights now enjoyed that might militate against the displacement of a confederation by a nation ; and, 6th, the election of a President willing and able to carry all these measures into effect, and to " impart such lustre to the American name as will dazzle the eyes of the world." The task is im possible of fulfilment now, and, however desirable, may prove to be impossible at any future time. The first object, provided the South be allowed without further opposition to manage its own affairs, is easy of accomplishment. The second is not to be so lightly spoken of, for it would imply that the new nation, if it were ever established, would make the presence of the Emperor Maximilian in Mexico a casus belli against that Prince and his army, and against the Emperor of the French who sent him there ; and would also make it a casus belli against Great Britain if at any future time the British North Americans between ocean and ocean should form themselves, by their own consent and that of their country, into an empire or a kingdom, with a Prince of the blood Royal of England to rule over them, as many eminent and influen tial Canadians at this moment desire. The third object is highly praiseworthy, and, indeed, urgent, not merely to establish a nation in jutoro, but . to prevent a long ecries of humilia tions an d disasters to the F e d era l arms, or per h aps the disruption of the existing Federal States. The not further the o bj ect to b e atta i ned, fourth woul d for no Executive that was not greatly strengthened instead of being weakened, could hope even t o m ak e the attern pt w ithout being overridden or displ ace d. The fifth would require a social and political reve lation, and an abnegation on the part of the; States which, in a country so corrnpt and EO abounding with patronage as America, would be nothing short of marvelloua i but which may nevertheless be effected in due time if the war teach the Americans that it is better to be strong abroad than happy at home; and that the maximum of Government to make a nation feared by its enemies or rivals is better than the minimum which makes it beloved by its own people. The sixth and last needs but little comment. 11 a man both w illi ng and able to aaeo mplisn the mighty task can be found all the diffit'u lties will organisation, so called from the Tammany Hotel, where they hold their meetings. The second is the Mozart organisation, so named from Mozart hall—a lecture-room where they transact their business ; and the third the Maeon Democracy, so named after an eminent lawyer and politician, who headed its secession from the original body. Tammany is strong for war and General M'Clellan Mozart, under the leadership of Mr. Fernando Wood, is gradually inclining its heart to peace, and becoming daily more imbued with the spirit of Mr. Benjamin Wood—an earlier and bolder apostle of the cause than his brother Fernando. The M‘lieon Democracy also inclines to peace. Mozart and Milieon, with their organisations, bide their time, and think it either premature or useless to put for ward any candidate for the Presidency, or draw up any elaborate manifesto of their principles. Tam many, however, as if it claimed the right to speak for the whole Democracy of the North, and not only for that of the State of 11N e w York, has drawn up and published its " Platform of Principles," which amount to nine, but which might have been put in a smaller compass. They are to the effect that the war for the preservation of the Union ought to be vigorously prosecuted ; that the Constitution has survived the rebellion ; and that if individual trai tors have forfeited their lives the rights of the States survive unimpaired; that slavery as a subject of agitation has passed out of the domain of politics ; that the mismanagement, corruption,and despotism of Mr. Lincoln's Administration have strengthened and prolonged the rebellion and brought the country to the verge of ruin; that a change of rulers is ab solutely necessary, and that the next President should be elected by the Democratic party on Demo cratic principles, from the ranks of men who have exhibited warlike ability and practical statesmanship, euch as Grant, M'Clellan, and others. In other words, Tammany will support General Grant if he will adopt the Democratic platform, and gain a splendid victory in the field before the day of nomination. If not, it will support General M'Clellan, who is a proved good soldier, and as sound a Democrat as Tammany can desire. Such is the position of the Presidential contest at the present writing, with the probability that no great change will be effected until the meeting of the several conventions at Baltimore, Chicago, Cin cinnati, and St. Louis, when doubtless there will be some new, though probab:y not very startling developments. Meantime, in the current slang of the day, " Fremont stock" is rising, and is at a higher premium than even that of M'Clellan. The Federal Government has not hitherto thought it advisable to offer bounties to the sailors whom it so urgently needs to man its navy. It has acted upon the idea that the temptations of prize money were sufficient, and that the more daring and adventurous among the merchant seamen would flock into its service on the chance of obtaining their share of the captured blockade runners, In this ex pectation it has been disappointed ; partly because prize money is too prospective and doubtful; partly because the Admiralty Courts are exceedingly dila tory in rendering their judgments ; partly because after judgment is given there are innumerable de lays in the distribution ; partly because the exces sive severity on board is not popular among them ; and partly—but Lot least, among all these reasons because the Federal Government has stopped their grog. The high bounty paid to the soldiers had far greater charms in their imaginations, and the conse. quence has been that a very considerable number of seamen who under other circumstances would not have forsaken their original calling have volunteered into the army. The Government, awake to the possibility that a war against France may grow out of the establishment of a Mexican Empire under French protection, if not against Great Britain, on one of the many exasperating complications which the question [of neutrality is daily assuming, has resolved to apply a remedy, the application of which will be as beneficial to itself as to the sailor. It has at this moment no less than 18 ships in commission which cannot put to sea for want of crews. To say nothing of its need of ships to blockade more effec tually the long line of coast from the Chesapeake to the Rio Grande, it suffers a daily persecution at the hands of the shipowning interest of New York, , which clamours for ven- Philadelphia, and Bost on ven geance against the Florida and the Alabama and the protection of American commerce. It has, there fore, determined to draught 12,000 men from the army into the navy, choosing for the purpose those who may volunteer for the ohange, orwhob judged y a t d h g e ed ir their seafaring habits a nd e ducation may be officers to be the best fitted for maritime duty. Under this arrangement the men so draughted will enjoy the double advantage of present b ounty and the future chance of prize money—the bird in the hand as well as the bird in the bush —and th e G o• vernment will procure the sailors it needs at th e expense of the army, which needs reinforcement still more urgently than the navy. [ADTERTISEMENT.)—Consumption, all nervous, bilious liver, and stemach complaints, is every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arablea Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,014. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl. —N. Lange, Commissaire Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frill/ ley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement. and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion. gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 64,816. Ibe Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical reatment. In tins, Ilb, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51h. 11s; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Cu., No. 77, agent-street,, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and cheiniqii in every town of the United Kingdom. T 1 E KIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1864. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, March 29.—There has been a slight increase of business to-day in shipping yarns, at the full prices of last week. A quantity of yarns have been sold at this day's prices for delivery in May. Shipping yarns are firm at the close of the market, with a fair inquiry. Home trade yarns are quiet, and bat a small amount of business has been effected, without much change in prices. To some extent the market is still of a holiday character. The cloth market has continued in much the same de pressed condition as was described in last Tuesday's report ; but various Indian telegrams and letters to hand repert on the whole a more favourable state of things in that market, and have given a little mere cheerfulness to-day. There has been some inquiry for fabrics suited to India, and a small amount of business has been done. The demand, however, has not been general, and business could only be done where sellers were willing to take the lowest quota tions. There seems to be but few orders in the market, as far as can be gathered from the inquiry, and such disposition to business as there is appears to be mostly with a view to speculative operations. In no case where any improvement in business has been manifested does it appear to have been accom panied with any improvement in prices. Messrs. Sohn Slagg and Co. report : " During the week our market has been very quiet, with no disposition to purchase. The late India accounts, though rather more encouraging, have failed to stimulate operations to any extent, and though to-day we have a more cheerful feeling, the actual amount of business has been small, and at no advance on last Tuesday's quotations. LEEDS, 29th.—Although the markets to-day were somewhat of a holiday character, in both cloth-halls a fair amount of business was done. Both spring and summer goods, in light hues and of light fabric, were in moderate demand, and there was also a tolerably active sale of medium and fine cloths in the white state. The markets in other respects were cheerful, and prices steady. Wools from the late colonial sales in London are coming to hand and going into consumption. The quality is generally well spoken of. Prices are very firm, and no one appears to have any idea of their coming down soon. ROCHDALE, 28th.—The flannel trade keeps very active. To-day there is a good attendance of buyers, who purchased freely of both plain and fancy goods. In Yorkshire goods also a satisfac tory amount of business was done. The manufac• turers are well employed, and several orders for export are on hand. Prices are very firm, and there is no great disposition to accept heavy orders, unless at the very highest current rates. Wools are gradually hardening in puke, and the best kinds are a shade higher than last week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NORTHAMPTON RACES, Time was when the gathering at Northampton was re• garded as the proper and legitimate commencement of the lacing season; but the few past years have materially altered its position. We plunge now with such avidity into th a pursuit of the national pastime—so many so-called " Spring Meetings" held in the midst of frost and snow, put forward their claims to notice, that Northampton has lost much of its former prestige, and (has to share with many rivals the first fruits of the racing year. Still, the Northamptonshire Stakes are a tower of strength, holding their own as the most important among the early handicaps, and this year absorbing a good deal of the rather languid speculation that has characterised the course of events at " the corner." Not that betting on the Stakes has much varied in its characteristics from that on similar events. Favourites have been promoted only to be deposed, and outsiders have come at the last with a rush which has become proverbial. Lioness and Blithfleld hav ing through the winter held the premiership, gave way, the last 10 days to Lord Zetland, who on the strength of a satisfactory trial, took the lead, and with Gardener as se cond favourite maintained it to the moment the flag fell. The Trial Stakes were signalised by the defeat of Lord Burleigh, and the Whittlebury by the victory of Soumise, who won in a canter, and disposed of Evelina, Mousley, and Attraction, along with the good-looking Jezabel, very easily. Isoline made a promising debut for the season in the Queen's Plate, which she carried off after a good race with Guerilla. The great race which had engrossed the attention of the ring all the afternoon brought 18 to the post, all looking in first-rate condition, more especially Lord Zetland, Gardener, Fairwater, Gibraltar, and Wingrave. All, however, found admirers, the two favourites being very firm at their quoted price. But the hopes of the Danebury stable were doomed to disappointment, and Dollar carried off the prize. The star of the French stable is in the ascendant. They began suc cessfully at Lincoln, and have well made a great and unex pected coup here. 25 to 1 might easily have bean obtained about the winner a few minutes before i he start. The other events call for no especial comment. There was a good finish bet seen Lady Abbess and Musk for the Pytchley Stakes, which the former landed by a head ; and Vigil made a race of it with Poetess for the Delapro Han dicap. There was a very large attendance of the leading families of the county, in addition to the well-known habitues of the Turf. The weather was most inclement. Trial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age. One mile. 6 sues. Mr T. Parr's Glendusk, 3 yre, 7at (Covey) 1 Mr B. J. Angell's Lord Burleigh, 5 yrs, 9st llb (Custance) 2 Duke of St. Albans' Sea King, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (S. Rogers) 3 Sir F. Johnstone's Johnny Armstrong, 5 yrs, 9st llb (J. Gower) 4 Mr G. W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 5 Marquis of Hastings's Tippler, 4 yrs, Bst 91b ....(Judd) 6 Betting-5 to 4on Lord Burleigh, and 6to 1 agst Glendusk. At the second attempt they got away in close company, Johnny Armstrong, however, after running a few strides went to the fore, having Siva, the favourite, and Glendusk as his immediate followers, round the lower turn, where Lord Burleigh quitted his position and assumed the com mand, having as they ascended the hill Glendusk and Sea King on his extreme light. On reaching the distance Mr. Parr's colt got upon better terms with the favourite, and at the enclosure headed him, and won very cleverly by three parts of a length, Sea King finished a bad third, and the others at wide intervals, as placed by the judged. The Whittlebury Stakes of n sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; for 2-yr-olds, to carry 6st 81b, and 3• yr-olds, Bst Sib; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; winners extra, with certain allowances. 37 subs. Three-quarters of a mile, straight. Count F. de Lagrange's Soumise, Sat 51b (A. Edwards) 1 Lord Bateman's Mousley, 3 yrs, Bst lllb ....(Custance) 2 Baron Rothschild's Evelina, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (in. 31b ex) (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Dawdle, Lady Bohun, Attrac tion, Deerstalker (late Black Deer), Auclacieuse, Brother to Manrico, Sympathy, and Jezabel. Betting-4 to 1 agst Soumise, 9to 2 agst Evelina, sto 1 agst Attraction, and 8 to 1 each agst Mouseley, Lady Bohun, and Deerstalker. An excellent start was effected, after a short delay. Sou mise next the rails, with Attraction, Evelina, Mousley, and Lady Bohun on her right, got away in advance, but as they reached the brow of the hill Attraction went to the front, and came on with the running to the distance, when the French filly came again, and at the enclosure got her head in advance, and won very cleverly at last in a canter by six lengths. Evelina, who was stopped, finished a bad third ; Attraction was fourth, Lady Bohun sixth, Dawdle sixth, and Deerstalker and Brother to Manrico side by side next. The last three were Audacieuse, Jezebel, and Sympathy. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas and upwards for 3-yr- olds; weight for age. Two miles. Mr Naylor's Isoline, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Challoner) 1 Mr Saville's Guerilla, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Morgan) 2 Mr Caxton's Edward the Confessor, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Carroll) 3 The following also ran :—Bally Edmond, Dunkeld, Tou rist, and Argonaut. Betting— 6 to 4 agst Isoline, 5 to 2 agst Bally Edmond, and 5 to 1 agst any other. The race was run in a heavy hail storm, which quickly rendered it difficult to discern the colours of the riders, but as near as we could make out Arganaut was the first off, and made the running, followed wide on his right by Ed ward the Confessor, Guerilla, Tourist, and the favourite, Bally Edmond bringing up the rear, until they reached the mile post, where the latter got upon better terms with his horses, and as they came along the bottom he, in com pany, drew up with the leaders and rounded the turn together. Shortly after Argonaut was beaten, which left Edward the Confessor with the lead, who half way up the hill was joined by Isoline, Bally Edmond and Guerilla, the four running together to the distance, where Bally Edmond dropped back beaten, leaving the favourite and Guerilla to fight it out, the former winning at last by half a length ; a bad third, Bally Edmond trotted in fourth. Stand Plate of GO sous (handicap), for 3-yr-olds and up wards; Winners extra . 20 subs. Ore mile. ----- - Mr Trench's Lapidist, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Lord Westmoreland's Naxos, 3 yrs sst 91b (C. Barrett) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Col um b a, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (For 6 ham) 3 Mr 'Farling's Le Marechal, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Ccx) 4 Mr J. Smith's Birdlime, 4 yrs 7st 91b (C. Gray) 5 Mr Craven's Fla; 4 yrs, 7st ' 9lb (Morgan) 6 Mr Egerton's Waveney, 3 yrs, sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 7 Betting-5 to 2 agst Waveney, 3to 1 agst Columba, and 7 to 2 agst Lapidist and Le Marechal. Lapidist jumped away with a clear lead, which he held for the first 50 yards, when he was headed by Waveney, who in company with Le htarechal and Naxos came on together into the straight, where Le Marechal drew slightly in advance, but on reaching the distance he was disposed of, and immediately afterwards Lapidist again took a clear lead, which he retained to the end, and won cleverly by a length, a similar distance separating the second and third ; a bad fourth. Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 100 Boys, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each ; 15 ft, and 5 if declared ; the second horse to receive 25 soya out of the stakes ; winners extra. Two miles. 97 subs, 48 of whom declared. Mr A. Lupin's Dollar, 4 yrs, 7st 9lb (Kitchener) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Lord Zetland, 3 yrs, sst 91b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Count Batthyany's Loiterer, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (Hibberd) 3 Mr Merry's Costa, 5 yrs, Bst The following also ran :—Fairwater, Wingrave, Gib raltar, Glenorchy, Blondin, Fantail, Turn of Luck, Despair, Gardener, Touch and Go, Countersign, Anglo- Saxon, Alabama, and M. Philippe. Betting-100 to 30 agst Lord Zetland, 7 to 2 agst Gar dener, Bto 1 each agst Fairwater and Costa, 12 to 1 agst Wingrave, 100 to 7 agst Touch and Go, 100 to 6 agst Gib raltar, 25 to 1 agst Dollar, 100 to 3 each agst Anglo-Saxon and Glenorchy, and 40 to 1 agst Fantail and Alabama, The start was delayed some time through the fractious ness of Alabama, whose rider broke his stirrup leather in his attempt to restrain her. When the flag was lowered they left the post together, and came over the hill nearly in a line, the colours of Touch and Go, Wingrave, the favourite, and Gardener, being clearly seen in the van in the centre of the course, but on reaching the inclosure Fantail came through her horses next the rails and took a decided lead as they came past the stand, closely attended by Gardener, Costa, Anglo-Saxon, Loiterer, Turn of Luck, Wingrave, Gibraltar, and Dollar in a body, the next divi sion being headed by Countersign, Fairwater, Glenorchy, and Despair, who were whipped in by M. Philippe a long way in their rear. Rounding the Brick Kilnturn Counter sign ran up to the leaders, and as they descended the far side he took a clear lead, having Fantail, Lord Zetland, Turn of Luck, and Anglo-Saxon as his immediate followers, at whose heels came Costa, the French representative, Loiterer, Gardener, and Fairwater, in which positions they entered the bottom. Oa reappearing in sight Countersign was dis posed of, and Turn of Luck was seen in advance, having the favourite on his right, close up with whom were Dollar, Loiterer, Fairwater, Gardener, Wingrave, and Blondin, the lot running in close company round the bend ; but shortly after fairly entering the straight the heavy weights gradu ally gave way, Turn of Luck following suit as they neared the distance, Dollar at the same time in company with the favourite came to the front, and singled themselves out half way up, and finished the race home. Lord Zetland, however, as they reached the stand tired to trotting, and was beaten in a canter by five lengths, three lengths sepa rating the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth; Wingrave was fifth, close up, and Blondin sixth—then came Turn of Luck, Gibraltar, Despair, Gar dener, and Alabama all close together, The rear division being comprised of Touch and Go, Anglo Saxon, Counter sign, Fantail, Glenorchy, and M. Philippe, the last three being a long way in the rear. The Pytchley Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for S yr-olds and upwards, weight for age, with selling and maiden allowances. Spencer Plate course, straight. 8 subs. Mr W. Bevill's Lady Abbess, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (ear. 7st 41b) (£100) (T. French) 1 Mr Fleming's Musk, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (£6O) (J.Grimshaw) 2 Mr Swindell's Perseverance, 4 yrs, Est 51b (£3O) (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—Dark Lily, Mrs. Nesbit, Ivan hoe, and Leontes. Betting-9 to 4 Nest Musk, 3to 1 aget Lady Abbess, and 5 to I agst Leontes. Lady Abbess and Musk took up the running, the former with a slight lead ; Ivanhoe, Perseverance, and Dark Lily lying next. At the distance the race was left to the two first named, who ran home together—Lady Abbess defeating the favourite, after an exciting finish, by a head; Perseverance was a bad third. The winner was not sold—Mr. Fleming claimed Perse verance, and Mr. Swindell Muck. The Delapre Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 2-yr olds and upwards. 11 subs. Al thorp park Stakes course. About half-a-mile. The highest weight accepting being Set 41b, it has been raised to Bst 101 b, and the rest in proportion. Mr T. Hughes's Vigil, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (D. Hughes) 1 Count Batthyany's Poetess, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Loates) 2 Mr Egerton's Mother Bunch, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (T French) 3 The following also ran :—Neilgherry, Airedale, Lady Nichol, Jewel, Rosa Lee, Illusion, and Decoy. Betting-3 to 1 each aget Vigil and Mother Bunch, sto 1 agst Airedale, 6 to 1 agst Neilgherry, and 100 to 15 agst Poetess. After several failures Mother Blanch jumped away with a clear lead, which she retained to the distance,when she was headed by Vigil, who came up next the rails followed on the extreme right by Poetess, the race from the inclosure being confined to the two leaders. Poetess, who made her effort at the stand, failing to get, was beaten cleverly by a neck ; Poetess beating Mother Bunch by a couple of lengths for second; Airedale was a bad fourth, and the others beaten off. A New Selling Race of 10 cove each, 5 ft, with 50 added if three or more horses start, for 2-yr-olds and upwards, with maiden allowances. One mile. 7 subs. Baron Niviere's Antinous, 3 yrs, Sst .... (A. Edwards) 1 Lord Bateman's Danaus, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Custance) 2 Mr T, Hughes's Bosh, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (D. Hughes) 3 Mr Night's Dispute, 3 yrs, Set Mr Ten Broeck's Even Rand, 6 yrs, Oat tllb (Fordham) 5 Mr W. Brown's Vaulter, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b ......(Murfii) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Antinous, 3 to 1 agst Bosh, 7to 2 agst Danaus, and 4 to 1 agst Even Hand. The favourite, on the inside, with Vaulter at his girths, made running, followed in company by Bosh, Danaus, and Even Hand, to the lower turn, where Vaulter gave way, and Danaus became third. At the distance the latter headed Bosh, and half way up drew upon the favourite, and at the Stand made an attempt to getup, but failed, and was beaten rather cleverly by three parts of a length, Danaus defeating Bosh by three lengths for second. Dispute was a bad fourth ; and Even Hand, who broke down badly in front of the Stand, hobbled in fitth. The Nene Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; for horses of all ages. 19 subs. Once round. Duke of Cleveland's Knave of Trumps, 4 yrs, Sst 21b (E. Martin) 1 Mr James Godding's Fanfreluche, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Perry) 2 Mr T. T. Drake's Worthless, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Tomlinson) 3 Reserve, T. P. Cooke, and Cervus also ran, Betting-6 to 4 agst Knave of Trumps, 2to 1 agst Worthless, and 4 to 1 agst Eanfreluche. Reserve made play for a quarter of a mile, when he was headed by the favourite, Worthless, and Fanfreluche, who came on in company to the distance, when the favourite drew away and won easily by two lengths, three parts of a length separating the second and third. DURHAM RACES—TnEsDAY. The Wear Sellin g Handicap of 3 sovs each; with 25 added ; two-yr-olds, Get 71b ; th r ee, Bst Blb ; four , 9st 101 b ; five, six, and aged, bet 11Ib ; :selling and other allowances. Half a mile. Mr W. I'Anson's Little llannah filly, 3 yrs,Dost ( 8 yle) 1 Mr J. Osborne's Lioness filly, 3 yrs, Bst 91b.. (Whitely) 2 Mr J. Robson's Dick Swiveller, aged, Bst 101 b Mr Ridley's Eola, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ............ Betting—Even on Eola, 4 to 1 agst any other. Won by four lengths; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 42 guineas. The Raby Stakes (Handicap), of 40 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 it, for three-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra; second to save his stake. One mile. 12 subs. _ _ Mr L. Peckitt's Sir Watkin, 3 yrs, 7st Gib.... (Dawson) 1 Mr Bowes's Theobalda , 3 yrs, 7st 81 b (G ra m) 2 Mr T. Dawson's Madame Patti, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Marson) 3 The following also ran :—Brother Sam, E3la, and Little Hannah filly. Betting--Even on lheobalda, 3 to 1 apt Madame Patti, 4 to 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths ; a neck between second and third. The Lanibton Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; two- Yr - °lds, 7st; three, Oat, fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; certain penalties and allowances ; second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 21 subs. Mr J. Osborne's King Arthur, 2 yrs, 7st 71b (in. 7lb Tabitha Bramble, a nd Sweet Jessie also ran. ex.) Good Advice, (Whiteley) 1 'W Mr J. Joh ns t on ' s W ar hoop, 2 yrs , 7st M arson) 2 Mr L. Peckitt's Catalogue, 2 yr s, 7st (Cluny) 3 Betting -6 to 4on King Arth ur, 2to 1 a g st Good Advice, 3 to 1 agst Sweet Jessie, 5 to 1 agst War Whoop. Won by a length and a half ; a bad third. The North Durham Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 7 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 if declared by noon on March 19—for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra; second to save his stake. One mile and a quarter. 16 subs, 4 declared. The following Mr Fobert' s Wi s d om , 3 yrs, Sst 7 lb (Vers on) 1 Mr J. Osborne's Mr J. Ridley's Wensley colt, 3 yrs, Gat 71b (Urawsh a w) 3 also ran , :3.....yv'rSe,n7issoLn7, Stiff, Deerfoot, and Sauterelle.lb .... (Whiteley) 2 Betting— 6to 4 agst Mantrcp, 5 to 2 eget Wisdom, 3 to 1 abet Deerfoot. Won by half a length : a bad third. The Wynyard Plate (Handicap) of 25 soya, for all ages ; winners r Itra. 'r N.C. 15 subs. Mr Walpool ns Lizette 4 yrs, sst 71b (fieslop) 1 Mr John Osborne's Gaily,' 4 yrs, Gat 9 1 b....(Crawshaw) 2 Mr J. Wilkinson's Betsy Copeland, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Marlon) 3 The following also ran :—Little Duchess, Brother Sam, Mornington, Chicquot the Jester, and Tarlatan. Betting-6 to 4 azsa, Betty Copeland, 2to 1 agat Lizette, 5 to 2 aged any other. Won by two lengths; same distance between second and third. The United Hunters' Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a Sweep , stakes of 3 soya each, 1 it (to go to the fund) ; four-yr , olds, 10et 10113 ; five, list 71b ; six and aged, 12at 21b certain penalties and allowances ; geutlerne4 riders jockeys, grooms, or servants, 71b extra ; second to save his stake. 2 miles. 18 subs. _ _ _ ---- - Mr Thomas Ruddock's Peggy Taft (h b), aged Mr G, Crook's Miss Taft (b b), 5 yrs . . Mr A. Harrison's Banker, aged The following also ran ;--kipjack, Alonzo, Avongrove, and Ratomski. _ _ . Betting-6 to 4 agst Miss Taft, sto 2 agst Avongrove, 4 to 1 agst Peggy Taft. Won by half a length; a bad third. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS AT NORTHAMPTON, Northamptonshire Stakes—March 28, at 9 a.m., all Mr Bryan's horses and Llangollen—at 11 30 a.m., Trumps—at 2 p.m., Blithfield, Double First, and Mahometan—at 5 p.m., Benjamin and Lioness—at 630 p.m., Knave of Trumps. March 29, at 310 p.m., Isea. . . , .. . Whittlebury Stakes—March 23, at 11 30 a.m., Roulette— at 2 p.m., Clermont (2 years)—at 6 30 p.m., Cordelia, Brindisi, and Come Arouse colt, _ Earl Spencer's Plate--March 28, at 11 30 a.m., East Sheen. March 29, at 9 p.m., Trojanus and Country Maid. Althorp Park Stakes—March 28, at 11 30 a.m., Roulette and Verderer—at 5 p.m., Queen Mary. March 29, at 9 p.m., Effigy. Nene Handicap—March 28, at 11 30 a.m., Violet and Odine. Two-Year-Old Sweepstakes--March 28, at 11 30 a.m., Roulette—at 5 p.m., Liddington. Oat of All Engagements—March 29, at 9 a.m., Mikaela, Bon Soir, Clermont (2 yrs), Rosso, and all horses named by Mr. Mellon. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. APRIL. Croxton-park Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny 5 Thirsk 5 Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Ll&nboldy Newcastle and Gatesheal 14 Knighton Liverpool Hunt Club l5 Lewes Spring l9 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 NAY. Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Blayclon Radcliffe l6 Wye Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes Redditch l6 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden 2O Epsom 24 JUNE. Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford.. 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne _ _ Woreestsx (Summer) 3O Ipswich Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn Goodwood lUST. Huntingdon . 9 Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford SEE" Weymouth Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater • 8 Doncaster OCT, Bedford Northallerron 6 Nuwmarket Second Oct lO Dover York August 2 : -I Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stocktcn Devon and Exeter Derby :MBER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 'OBER. NOVE Worcester Autumn 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 IRI Kildare Hunt Currzgh County Louth 2O, 21 Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 :NIBER. I Leamington &War. Hunt 22 [SH. .RIL. 1 Fethard. . 22, 23 Athlone 26, '27 Springhill 2 Galway Hunt 3, 4 Nenagh lO, 111 Jr: Cork Tullamore Tipperary 3O, 31 Curragh 2B, 29, 30 SEPTEMBER. Curragh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBER. Curragh lB, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864, APRIL. Abergavenny __ 5 NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Yesterday forenoon, shortly after eleven o'clock, I a fire broke out at the premises of Messrs. Pewtress and Co., the well-known papermakers, situate at 30, Gracechurch-street, nearly opposite St. Benet's Church. The building extended back to the chapel of the Society of Friends, in White Hart -court, Lombard-street, now temporarily occupied as the banking-house of Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., during the building of their new establishment. In Gracechurch-strect it adjoined the shops of Messrs. Frodsham and Co., the chronometer makers, and Messrs. Blanch, the gunmakers. Some of the upper floors were occupied as offices by Mr. C. Barrell, of the Thetford Agricultural Implement Works, and Messrs. Appleby. The fire originated in the base ment or cellar, in which was stored a large quantity of paper, and before any means could be taken to suppress the flames dense clouds of smoke poured up from the place, which entirely prevented any one passing down. The flames rapidly spread, and thick smoke poured out from the shop front and the various windows looking into Gracechurch street, completely darkening the neighbourhood. The greatest consternation prevailed among the large establishments which abound in this part of the city. Intelligence of the outbreak having been given to the several brigade stations, the powerful steam engines from Watling-street, Bishopsgate street, and other depots, shortly arrived, and were soon brought into active operation under the direction of Mr. Bridges and Mr. R. Henderson, the brigade foremen. By this time the flames had made rapid progress and were issuing from the windows of the upper floors. The firemen continued to play upon the front of the premises; and as the confla gration was subdued in that direction it was disco vered that the fire was extending with great fierce ness at the back of the property. Flames were rushing out of the back windows and attacking the roof of the chapel or bank. As may be imagined, the greatest anxiety was felt for the safety of the place and the security of the bullion and books. By this ties there was a strong body of police is attendance, under the command of Inspectors Kilby and Duddy, and constables were so posted that the crowd was kept some distance clear of the approach to the bank. The hose from some of the steam engines having been led up the court through the bank, a good command was obtained over the flames. The fire, however, continued to rage in the upper part of the premises, and, scaling ladders being raised in the front, the firemen ascended with the hose and directed a vast body of water on to the flames. By 3 o'clock in the afternoon the fire might be said to be nearly extinguished, but a great heat remained within the walls. The damage done is very considerahle, and is thus officially returned by Captain Shaw:—No. 30, Gracechurch-street, Messrs. Pewtress and Co., paper manufacturers ; the ground floor and basement severely damaged by fire, and also the upper part of house, and part of roof off; the building and the contents insured in the Phoenix Fire Office. No. 29. J. Blanch and Co., gunmakers; roof damaged, and contents by removal; insured in the Phoenix Office. N 0.31, Messrs. Frodsham and Co., chronometer makers; contents damaged by removal and water; insured in the Westminster Office. No. 33, let out in offices; contents damaged by water, &c; insured in the Union Office. White Hart-court.—Messrs. Bevan and Co„ bankers ;.side and back windows, skylights, and lead flat damaged by fire, &c. A breach of promise case was heard at Kilkenny on Thursday. The plaintiff was 27, and the defendant had just completed his 70th year. He pleaded that he never refused to marry the plaintiff, and was still ready to do so. The case was compromised on the terms of his either fulfil- Hug his promise, or paying the plaintiff £l7O within a fort night. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—To Purify the Blood.--With the discovery of this medicine a great prin ciple of guidance in treating the diseased body dawned upon mankind—the necessity of purifying the blood, the " life of the flesh." This rational treatment gradually superseded the barbarous bleedings, destructive emetics, and under mining mercurial preparations, which had entoiled the pro fession and public for centuries. Purification of fluids and solids is the noble purpose Holloway's medicine was de signed to effect, and wonderfully has it accomplished its end—a truth, at the present day, universally admitted and acted upon. In loss of appetite, giddiness, partial failure of memory, bilious attacks, and habitual costiveness, Hollo way's Pills exert the moat salutary powers in invigorating any organ which is failing through weakneos. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.—The Tercentettry Commemoration of Shakspere has as , umed a definitive shape lo)th in London and at Strattord-on-Avon, and we hate now before us the programmes of the two commit tees. We will not go into det a il s f or th e sa ke of drawing invidious distinctions, but it is not in human nature to shut one's eyes to a gigantic disparity, and therefore we cannot help seeing that it is not in London—the centre of wealth, art, science, talent, and dramatic resources—that the Poet of England will be properly honoured, but most happily, as most properly, in his own little picturesque town in the centre of the great central plain of England. The proceedings of the London Committed are a decided failure. Whether it was that the committee was not well selected, or that the committee left all to their secretaries, or the secretaries acted without the committee, or both secretaries and committee were at fault in the original conception of the kind of festival, or petty jealousies crept in, or mere hangers-on sought to push themselves into notoriety by assuming a leading part in the proceedings—we cannot tell. What we have to guide us in forming an opinion is that, and only that, which every one may see in the public advertisements. There we learn that on the 23d of April, under the auspices of the London Committee, the foundatiornstone of a statue to Shakspere will be laid somew here in Lon don, probably in the Green-park, on a mound which has no single recommendation for the purpose but that of being a mound. We have looked at the spot, aud, unless we are smitten with blindness in the matter of art, we say that nothing will look more uncouth and out of place, whether seen from Piccadilly or Constitution-hill, than such an erection as the British public is now asked to raise to the honour of the Bard who has done more to show the wonderful facility of our language, more to enrich our literature with apt quotations, more to supply ideas and materials for thought, than any of our best writers, not excepting Addison and Bacon, Johnson and Swift, Burke, Macaulay, and Tennyson. This and a public din ner, and the free opening of the theatres, is ail that the London Committee can do, not merely to com memorate Shakspere, but to repair the neglect of three centuries. Even as to this memorial we are quite in the dark. The foundation is to be laid, but the same foundation will do for a pillar, a temple, or a drinking fountain. We have no designs, no de scrip ion, no estimate of cost, no certainty of the completion of anything, but the public is asked to give its money in the assurance that some use will be made of it, and that something will be built. We have seen a good deal of this sort of raising , of funds for undefined purposes, and this erec tion of monuments to men who, however deserving, do not always kindle the same enthusiasm in the mind of the public as in that of a few generous ad mirers. We remember, for instance, the instructive history of the Nelson column. The design originated with a few enthusiastic gentlemen, who thought that all England felt about Nelson as they did—and such was the feeling of that England which wit• nessed the exploits of the hero. But the result went to show not how mach, but how little, the English people in a succeeding generation cared for the memory of Nelson. The scheme went beg ging,, and would have been begging to this day had not Parliament come to the relief of the undertaking. and Nicholas Emperor of Russia contributed £5OO to the accomplishment of it. But is this the way to honour great. names ? Would not the cheapest conceivable trophy erected by real admirers be better a thou sand times, if heartily subscribed and duly paid for than a more pretentious structure that left its pro tno-t!rs in debt, and proved only how its friends had either over-estimated the generosity of the public or had failed to secure its confidence ? Will it be any tribute to his memory to tout for contributions ? This is a question of great moment, not only to the London Committee, but to those who are disposed to carry out its projects. If we turn to Strat ford, we see at all events something definite, practical, and suitable. A statue is to be erected to the Poet in . his native town. Various plans are laid out for holding high festival. There are to be a banquet, various performances of the Poet's plays, a concert, a ball, readings, and exhi bitions. The first talent of the day is enlisted, and gratuitously enlisted. Our best actors are to per form, our best vocalists are to sing; and distin guished men in art, politics, literature, and science are to lend their help, or grace the proceedings with their presence. The future interests of the rising generation of Shakspere's native place are not to be overlooked, and the surplus of the proceeds , wh i ch promises to be large, is to be applied to theim provement of the Grammar-school of Stratford. What strikes us as most remarkable is that in Lon don all is coldness, apathy, and blundering. In Stratford all is energy, enthusiasm, and prudence. There can hardly be a doubt which movement is most in honour of the Poet, and we shall be sur prised if we have not to record that the chivalry of the country has gravitated to the central England demonstration. TIMES —President Lincoln has called on the States of the North to raise 200,000 fresh troops for the service of the Federation. That such a host should be required in the fourth year of the war ought to open the eyes of the American people to the magnitude of the task they so lightly undertook. If it does not, the spectre of a political revolution beginning to rise in the confusion of the struggle must warn the North of the perils into which the war is bearing it. Mr. Lincoln, as a candidate for re-election, has lost much of the advantage he held over his rivals. The extreme Republicans intend to adopt Gen. Fremont as their leader, with a policy of Abolition that, if successful, will sweep away the Federation itself. In the fiery furnace of civil war, the American Constitution, in its present form, is to be recast, the distinctions of Sovereign States and their independent rights are to disappear. Territories larger than European kingdoms are to be reduced to the position of counties, and a power is to arise much nearer a monarchy or an empire than the Fathers of the Republic ever contemplated. The Confederates will "create a nation" in a very different sense than attached to the wards when they were uttered. The North is to be fused into one State, to prevent it splitting up into a group of confederacies. If the next President is elected on the policy of destroying the Federation the war was commenced to maintain, it will be one of the most extraordinary instances of events overruling human purposes ever recorded. But the bold " platform" of the ultra section of the Republicans may be only put forth as a test of public opinion. . If it secures support enough to be carried out, the discontent of the people with the existing political system must be deeper and stronger than it has ever appeared. How the war can be conducted while a recognised party in the North is tearing down the whole fabric of the Government is difficult to perceive. It is a matter for speculation whether the Federal Constitu tion will survive till the end of the conflict. The call for 200,000 fighting men is a suggestive illustration of the results of the recent military operations. The Government has shown that Gen. Sherman's expedi tion damaged or destroyed much Southern property ; but General Seymour's march into Florida to dis cover the Union sentiment supposed to be there concealed hes been a disastrous failure. Close on these discouraging events in the South and West comes the requisition for another large army, in addition to the enormous number of men the war has already consumed. Greater sacrifices, in creased expenditure, are demanded of the nation which is always assured it is on the eve of some signal triumph. After three years of war the Southerners are found to be stronger in all the means of defence than they were at the commence ment of the struggle. The march of General Sher man led into a territory abounding in all the neces saries of life. For the past two years cotton has not been cultivated, as it cannot be sold, and the available labour has been turned to growing corn. The mere means of subsistence the people of the South can easily procure, and they submit willingly to the deprivation of those luxuries which can be obtained only by importation. As every measure of the Federal Government, besidea the repeated invasions by its armies, has been calculated to make reconciliation impossible, the war spirit of the South burns more fiercely than ever. The conflict now has ceased to be for political independence so much as for the defence of life and property. Con quest by the North now would probably be equi valent to a confiscation of all the cultivated land of the Southern States and its division among the soldiers of the armies of the Federation. The measure is at least proposed, and indicates the feel ing by which the extreme Abolitionists are now animated. The mere proposal will strengthen the South in its resistance. If adopted, even in one of Mr. Lincoln's useless proclamations, it will give a different character to the war, and reduce it to a struggle that has scarcely had a parallel in the history of civilisation. Yesterday afternoon the protocol putting an end to the English protectorate of the lonian Islands was signed at the Foreign-office. Immediately afterwards Lord Rus sell and Mr. Tricoupi, charge d'affaires of Greece, signed anotter document, stipulat ing pensions in favour of lonin and other subjects whose services to the lonian Islands had entitled them to that recognition. Persons who have been in the habit of paying weekly as borrowers of Sewing Machines will do well to apply at once and become members of Messrs. Watts and Co.'s Sewing Machine Clubs. By so doing they will not only save the money they now foolishly throw away, but at the sum, time secure to themselves the possession of one of the best an.' most celebrated sewing machines in the world. Every in formation given on application; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope, to Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, Beaufort buildings, Strand, London, W.C., where meta rs are en .tolled daily between 10 and 4 ; Saturdays, 10 and.X. THE TURKISH BATH. We read in one of our Dublin contemporaries the follolr lug interesting particulars :—Speaking of the cases in tits Cork Lunatic Asylum, Dr. Power, the resident physicians states—After about four months' use of it, I found that 17 persons had been perfectly cured by it and sent home to their friends. The cases to which I now allude were long time in the house, and classified with the incurables. After some months' further experience of its beneficial action, new arrangements were made which enabled me to use it more generally and more frequently ; and since then from 50 to 80 patients are daily submitted to its influence' many for its remedial action, but the greater number for motives of cleanliness ; even these latter are wonderfully improved in appearance by its use, and have acluirel the ruddy glow of health, instead of the pale and sickly look of invalids. Of course out of more than 500 patients in the institution all were not expected to recover, nor were they all under treatment for the purpose; but the best way of shewing the effects of the bath would be by statistics. It was only fair to conclude that if the proportion of cures had been:greater since the introduction of the Turkish bath than before it, this bath must have had some influence in pro ducing that desirable result. I see by my notes that for the year ending March, 1861, the cures were 59 per cent. ; but for the nine months ending the 31st December last, during which period the bath had been in use, the percentage of cures was 76—that is 74 had been cured out of 96 entered. That was more than double the cures produced in any asylum in England. When the bath was not in being in 1860, the deaths were 48—in the - nine months ending 31st December, 1861, 18, or at the ra'e of 24 for the 12 months—i.e , exactly one half the number. The patients after the first few baths all seemed to be much pleased with it, and were afterwards longing for the time when it was to be administered. Those who suffered a re lapse after having been sent out cured, showed no unveil' lingness to return to the asylum, and even asked to be taken there at once, in order that they might get the bath, as they considered nothing else would cure them. I have never seen any effects from the bath, except a little nausea and a slight fainting in a few instances. But after a bath or two these effects disappeared. Up to that time I have used it on more than 900 cases, and since March, 1861, 30 idiotic patients have been removed to a higher class and rendered capable of enjoyment and of doing work about the estab lishment. I would recommend the introduction of the Turkish bath into all public institutions, and I am firmly convinced that it has as beneficial au influence on the system as air and exercise. The Murder in Marylebone. Last evening the adjourned inquest vas held in the board room of St. Marylebone Workhouse to inquire into the death of Josph Duck, the man who was found murdered in Little Chesterfield-street. Upon the last occasion, after the young man Devine had been committed from the police-court to Newgate on the charge of murdering the deceased, the jury expressed their determination to adjourn, in order that the prisoner might be brought before them, at the same time requesting the coroner (Dr Lankester) to write to the Home Secretary (Sir G. Grey) for his permission to that effect. Dr Lankester then said that he really couli not see what object the jury could have in view, as he thought there was sufficient evi dence for them to go on. He doubted very much whether Sir G. Grey would accede to their request, but still hs would , write to him and forward their request. Last night, on the re-assembling of the jury, the worthy Coroner said that as the pr soner was already committed by the magistrate for murder, he did not see the necessity for his being forthcoming before them. Several of the jwy expressed their dissatisfaction at the refusal of the Home Secretary, and said that they considered that it was only justice to the prisoner that he should be present to hear what was stated against him. The evidence, which has already appeared fully, was then read over, with some few additional particulars, after which the Coroner summed up. The jury, after retiring for a short time, returned, and the foreman said, " The jury find a verdict of wilful murder against Arthur John Devine, and the jury at the same time wish to express their dissatisfaction at the conduct of the Home Secretary in his not allowing the prisoner to have been brought before them. Dr Lankester—Coroners' juries are always desirous—and properly so--to have the party accused before them. They may complain, and complain again, but still it was no part of his duty, as a coroner, to take any notice. He had only a straightforward course to pursue, and that was to seo that all proper evidence was laid before them upon which to guide them to a just verdict. So far as their complaints went, they could only rely upon the Press to make them known. in conclusion, he (the coroner) must say, how ever, that it was only fair to the man to be put upon his trial for his life that he should be present to hear the charge against him. COUNTRY MARKETS. .11 , -------- LEEDS—TUESDAY. The demand fer wheat still continues very limited, but there is no alteration from the rates of last Tuesday. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. -- • - There was a small attendance both of town and country dealers at market to-day, and wheat met with a fair de mand, at ld to 2d per cental decline on the week. Flow: a dull sale, at about late quotations. There was an easisr business in oatmeal. Indian corn difficult to sell, but un• changed in value. MARKET HAUBOROUGH-TUESDAY. White wheat, 40s to 458; red, 31s to 40s per 36 stone• Malting barley at 33s to 36s per qr. ; grinding, 29s to 31 8 per 30 st. Oats, old, 23s to 275; new, 203 to 22s per 3 0 At. ; beans, 32s to 40s per qr. BRISTOL-TUESDAY. - - Our market to-day was fairly attended, and the show of grain was moderate. Sales took place at about the same rates as last week. Oats and other articles were also at last week's prices. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. ----- - --- There was a fair attendance of millers to-day, and the business done was moderate.. The best qualities of wheat made late rates. Barley remains unaltered Oats, beau° , and peas were rather inactive. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 15s Od to 18s Od White II I lBs Od to 20s Od New red , . : 1 New white „ 79 . Beans lss 6d to 17e - Peas, per qr 40s Od to 44s Od Grindino• barley, per qr 29s Od to 30s 04 1 .5 7 s s 0 6 d d t t o o 1 1 8 6 s s (1 00 6 11 91 3 1 Malting ditto, ~ 32s Od Oats Flour, Is 4d to is Sd per 14 1b.3192: Od to to 3254: 35s 0 4 1) Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton April la. via Marseilles April 10. irazil and Cape Yards, by British packet. April 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 3 0 ' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Apr!l 3,.. via Marseilles April 14. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton April 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vi a S ou th a mpton April India (Bombay), via Southamp vi to a n April I'' via Marseilles April 5 . Marseilles April 3a Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 3 via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Apri l 7, by U.S. packet.... ..... by Canadian packet.Apill ~ . W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe April lo Bahamas, • via New York . AApprriill 5 1 3. • April 7. Mexico. ... All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I M ar . 30. California. and British Columbia.. Her Majesty's staghounds will meet at Stone park on the usual day, Friday, instead of SaturdaYo sug advertised. Births. GALTON.—On the 28th inst., at Hadzor, Droitwichi the wile of Captain Herman Clifton, of a daughter. HOFFMANNSEGO.—On the 21st inst., at Dresden, Sal °ll° the Countess Von Hoffmannsegg, of a daughter. LONGDEN.—On the 26th inst., at Eaton Lodge, Southileol the wile of Lieut.-Colonel Longden, Royal Artillerb a son. REYNARDSON:—On the 26th inst., at 11, Notting/18r°' place, the wife of Colonel Birch Reynardson, of a sou. Marriages. HARRIS—CRUCHLEY.—Oa the 26th inst., at Lee , -- 11 1 John H. Harri-, only son of the late J. Harris, E B g"f ° Peckham, to Clara Josephine, eldest daughter of ,i Cruchley, Esq., of Holloway. HEARTLEY—NICHOLSON.-011 the 28th inst., at D isll°P to . wearmouth, the Rev. C. T. Heartley, M.A,S w anseat of Louisa, daughter of William Nicholson, Esq., Jl l' Nicholson House, Sunderland. Deaths. BARKER.—On the 21st inst., at Broadstairs, John Bi' rkeri ~_baorrnisttheer-11-thlawja,nagedBo. Japan, captain BUDGE.—On at Yokohama, vlrtn. Budge, aged 45. CIIICIIESTER.—Ou the 25th inst.. at Arlington, Devgellai Freder ck t i azu ilton Chiches:er, Captain 6th W alnao Aus rian Cuirassiers. DANBY.—On the 25th inst. suddenly, at Nornta nbY-bye Spittal, Lincolnshire, William Danby, Esq., a ged 7 ford, FINCH.—Oa the 25th inst., at Redheatb, near Wat Herts, John Finch, Esq , aged 76. RIVAZ.—On the 28th inst., at Stoke Newing ton, Rivaz, Esq., aged 82. rairal TUCKER.—On the 26th inst., at 17, Dover s treet, lid Sir Edward Tucker, G.C.8., aged 56. ..- _-•__IT"""" - --- -----7 s London: Prlnzed and Prbitsheci by WILLIA.II .9..ND1 0 ' 1 :.,' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tstr SUN Office ; '''7 Strand. .11 t►he Precinct of the 3av o y..n the CA )4/2 i bliidlesex —Wednesday, march 30, 1864.